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To address the present power crisis in the province of Occidental Mindoro, the government of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has negotiated a deal with the Occidental Mindoro Consolidated Power Corporation (OMCPC) to operate three power stations.

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Antonio Mariano Almeda met with OMCPC president Luis Manuel Banzon on April 27. She agreed to run at least three power plants to provide the province with 24-hour electricity service, according to an updated report submitted to Malacaang on Friday.

These power plants include San Jose, Magsaysay, Rizal, and Calitaan (SAMARICA), which has a 20MW capacity, Mamburao, Paluan, Sta. Cruz, Abra de Ilog (MAPSA), which has a 5MW capacity, and the Sablayan area.

Raphael Lotilla, secretary of the Department of Energy, approved the arrangement.

The three power plants will be run regardless of any potential financial losses to Banzon and the lack of an ERC-approved rate for the SAMARICA power plant that would enable him to recover his operating costs, the NEA underlined.

According to NEA, Banzon made his decision because he wanted to assist in resolving the province’s power situation.

According to Almeda, the province’s fundamental services, like its public hospitals, have been severely and negatively impacted, putting lives at danger.

According to NEA, Occidental Mindoro has not experienced any outages as of yet.

OMCPC would be able to supply OMECO with 30 to 32 MWs of power when all of its power plants are operating at full capacity, which should significantly reduce, if not eliminate, blackouts in the province.

The Lease and run Agreement (LOA) between NEA and Power Systems Inc. (PSI) for the operation of PSI’s 5 MW power plant in the province will continue to run even with the amendments to the NEA chief’s action plan, although in a reserve capacity.

The modular generators being sent to the provinces originally planned to support its public schools and hospitals would be retained there in case the same should be required, according to the NEA, which also stated that the anticipated Emergency Power Supply Agreement (EPSA) with DMCI Power Corporation will not push through.

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